Reuben brooks



R.- BROOKS, Jr.-

Spoke-Socket.

Pategted. 00. .15. 1867.

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O-LITHOGRAPNER. WASHINGTON. D. O.

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IMPROVEMENT Ill CARRIAGE-WHEELS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

I fie it l-znown that I, REUBEN BROOKS, Jr., of Roekport, iu the countyof Essex, and State of Massachusetts, huvoinrented a new and usefulImprovement in Carriage-Wheels; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a. full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,- referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to a new and improved method of joining thefelloes of carriage or wagon-wheels, whereby the wheel is rendered muchmore durable than it is when the felloes are joined in the ordinary way;and the invention consists in providing a metallic clamp for the supportof the joint at the end of the spoke, as hereinafter described.

Figure 1 represents a portion of the felloe'and spoke, witlrthe joint ofthe felloe' formed according to my invention. 7 I

Figure 2 is a section of the same through the line FigureS is a view ofthe clamp before it is formed or shaped to fit the felloe.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A representsa section'of the felloe of a wheel composed of two piecesjoined together on the spoke by my chimp. B is the spoke and C is theclamp. The clamp Ois formed of a plate which is out out of sheet metal,

as seeirin fig. a is a hole through which the tenon of the spoke passes,the tenon being seen in dotted linesin fig. 1. The clamp'is formed tothe shape of the fclloe, its outside surface conforming to the size andshape of a cross-section of the felloe', so that when the joint iscomplete the clamp is flush with the surface of the felloe all round,consequently the ends of the pieces of felloe are eut'uway the thicknessof the metal where they enter the clamp, and also so as to encloseoue-half'of the teuonof the spoke. Fig. 2 shows the form of the clamp asused. The ends of the plate, fig. 3, are brought together and s ceuredbyv holes 6 6, or in any other suitable manner. a represents holes forrivets, by which the clamp and the felloe are secured together.

It willlie seen that by this method all dowelling is dispensed with, andits superiority over the common method of making thejoiut (between thespokeslwill be apparent to all.

Having thus describedmy invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isv 1. Themetal clamp C, constructed asdescribed, from a plate of metal provided with the central hole afor thepassage of the tenonof the spoke, the sides of said clamp bent aroundthe joints ot' the felloes flush with the sides and trend, andgsecuredto the end of the teuon of thespoke by means of the holes 6 fittingthereon, as herein set forth for the purpo'se specified.

2. Joining tho ends of the felloes of carriage-wheels at the end of aspoke by means of the clamp 0, constructed as described, in such amanner that the tenon of the spoke shall pass through the hole a in saidclamp, :ind'he firmly-"secured thereinby the pressure of the ends, ofthe felloes, as herein shown and described.

3. Suppo ,itig thei'felloesby means of the shoulder of the spoke bearingagainst the outside of the plate C; and firmly securing the ends o'f'thofellocs by means of rivet-bolts passing through the holes a e in saidclamp, substantially as described for the purpose specified. 7

4. The-insertion of rivet-bolts in the holes a a through a clampsecuring the ends of the felloes of carriagewhecls for the purpose oftightening said folloes, substantially as herein shown and described.

REUBEN BROOKS, JR.

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